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Information on adolescent health rights to STD-related health care in California.  For information on similar laws in other states, please go to Resources for Other US States.


Four page chart summarizing California's minor consent and confidentiality laws.

 

Youth Law News Article published April 2007.

Youth Law News article published July 2006.

In California, minors have a right to attend confidential medical appointments during the school day.  This document describes the parameters of that right.

A study by the Centers for Disease Control released March 11th 2008 estimates that one in four (26 percent) young women between the ages of 14 and 19 in the United States – or 3.2 million teenage girls – is infected with at least one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, herpes simplex virus, and trichomoniasis).  To read the Centers press release, click here. 

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